Healthy Habits Kit Part 1

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HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE CHILD CARE RESOURCE KIT :: INTRODUCTION
Hello!
Welcome to the
Healthy Habits for Life
Child Care Resource Kit
Childhood is an exciting time when children
begin to learn about themselves and the world around them.
These years are also the time when children begin to develop habits relating to eating
and playing. Such habits can affect them throughout their lives.
As a child care provider, you have the wonderful opportunity to help lay a healthy
foundation. In addition to their families, you are their model for food and fitness.
The Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit and accompanying DVD will give
you the tools you need to teach children about eating right and being physically
active so that they can establish healthy habits for life. On the following pages, you
will find:
‹ easy-to-use, fun lessons and activities that will fit in with your existing routines;
‹ ways to establish a connection with children’s families so that children continue
to practice healthy habits at home.
Plus, the familiar Sesame Street characters will help you engage children as they learn!
What YOU Will Learn
What CHILDREN Will Learn
In order to teach the basic concepts of
nutrition and physical fitness to the children
in your care, this kit will:
Because the greatest learning takes place in an
atmosphere of fun, this kit, featuring the
Sesame Street friends, is designed to provide an
entertaining environment in which children will:
‹ offer information about nutrition and
physical activity for young children,
‹ help you to use this knowledge in your
group setting, and
‹ present you with exciting options
for improving nutrition and increasing
physical activity during the course
of your day.
‹ understand the health benefits of eating
well and playing actively,
‹ be able to name some healthy foods,
‹ be more likely to try new foods, especially
fruits and vegetables,
‹ take part in a variety of physical activities, and
‹ be able to explore at home the lessons they
learned in your program.
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HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE CHILD CARE RESOURCE KIT :: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 2: Food and Drink
to Grow On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 1: Get Moving! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1: Nutritious and Delicious! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 1: Moving and Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Group Poem: I Say Fruits and Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Group Poem: Move Together! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mystery Food Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Movement Grab Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
View and Do: I Eat the Colors of the Rainbow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Move Along! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Build Me a Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Count Counts Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Handout: Salad Ingredients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Handout: Movement Cube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Pick and Pull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Handout: Number Cube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Family Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
View and Do: Follow Me: Hips Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Family Handout: Great Grocery Shopping Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Family Handout: Move to Me Maze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2: Making the Healthy Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Poem/Activity Page: A Meal for a Monster and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 2: Go and Grow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
View and Do: Cookie Is a Sometime Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Group Poem: The Heart Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Anytime Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Hokey Pokey Muscles and Bones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Sometime/Anytime Café . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Raindrops Can’t Make the Action Stop! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding Up to Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Handout: Raindrops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Handout: Try for Five! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
View and Do: Get Up and Move! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Telly’s Triangle Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Family Handout: Amazing Apple Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Family Handout: Now and Later Zucchini Muffins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Family Handout: Activity Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3: What My Body Tells Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 3: What My Body Tells Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Group Song: If You’re Hungry and You Know It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Group Poem: Listen to Your Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
A Bit of This, a Bit of That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sesame Super Stretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Handout: Food Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Handout: Sesame Super Stretch Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cookie Monster and the Four Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Energy Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Hungry-Full Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Handout: Food Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Handout: Hungry-Full Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Feel Good Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
View and Do: TJ Fruit Samba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
View and Do: Super Wendy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Family Handout: Building a Balanced Meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Family Handout: Recipe for a Healthy Weekend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE CHILD CARE RESOURCE KIT :: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 3: Every Day
Is a Healthy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fruits and Vegetables
Rainbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-99
Chapter 1: Bringing It All Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sometime and Anytime Foods . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Group Poem: Choose a Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Healthy Week Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Healthy Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Handout: Adventure in Healthy Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Your Healthy Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
View and Do: Mango Tango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Family Handout: Weekend Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 2: The Power to Make
Healthy Choices Every Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Group Song: Healthy Choice Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Nutritious and Delicious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Help Grover Decide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Healthy Day Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Handout: Healthy Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
View and Do: Elmo Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Family Handout: Elmo’s Happy Healthy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter 3: Celebrating What
We’ve Learned Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cookie, Cookie, Cucumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Hoppity Hopscotch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
View and Do Get Healthy Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Super Healthy Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Handout: Super Healthy Hero Bracelets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
View and Do: Fruit and Veggie Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Healthy Happy Party Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Family Handout: Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Introduction
The Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit
is a comprehensive tool to help you integrate nutrition
and physical activity into your program.
Here’s a fun-filled, hands-on resource kit to help you and your children find ways
to get moving and make healthy food choices along with Sesame Street friends. You’ll find
tons of activities, games, poems and songs, dances, and ways to include learning
about healthy choices into your everyday routines.
It’s easy to use. This kit is designed to be used throughout the day and to easily fit into
your daily routine. The activities don’t require a lot of time or preparation, and they’re
versatile. You’ll find activities for large and small groups, indoor and outdoor learning, and
active and quiet play. Choose the activities that work best for your group.
It’s fun for everyone – even you! All of the activities are designed to include all
children – and you! When children see that you are excited about staying healthy and
learning along with them, they are more likely to be engaged. The silly and joyful
Sesame Street characters will add to the fun you’ll have together.
‹ Section 1, Get Moving! focuses on physical activity and how it builds
strong, healthy bodies.
‹ Section 2, Food and Drink to Grow On, highlights ways we can
make healthy food choices.
‹ Section 3, Every Day Is a Healthy Day builds upon the first two sections to
help children remember what they’ve learned – and celebrate their new knowledge.
As you already know, children learn best when there is a strong partnership between
home and school, so the Healthy Habits for Life kit also helps you involve families.
Now turn the pages and begin building healthy lifestyles!
Allergies & Choking Hazards
‹ You know your children best and should, as always, make adaptations based on
food allergies and children’s unique needs. Of course, be aware of possible choking hazards
for preschoolers (e.g., raw carrots or whole grapes).
Using This Kit
Within this kit, you’ll find a DVD with The Get Healthy Now Show and other segments,
plus a companion storybook that helps your children interact with what they see in the video.
You can view The Get Healthy Now Show as you begin using this kit, and share the
storybook after children have seen the DVD. The “View and Do” segments on the DVD can be
used with the “View and Do” lessons (see page 8) in each chapter.
This binder has three sections and each section has three chapters.
Each chapter has:
Group Poems/Songs
Here you’ll find poems or songs that introduce the theme of the chapter in fun
and active ways.
‹ Use them during large group gatherings or in meeting time.
‹ Make a copy for each child for use as a personalized coloring page.
‹ Look for specific “Say it! Do it!” suggestions,
which highlight ways you can enjoy the poems
and songs together.
‹ Use a copier to enlarge the poem/song sheets
for display in your room.
Activities and Handout Pages
You’ll see plenty of hands-on activities that help
children explore the theme of each chapter.
‹ Look for the list of goals to help you identify
the skills children will be building.
‹ Easily integrate the activities into lessons
about literacy, math, and more.
‹ Reproduce the handouts for children to use.
‹ Read the “Try This” section for ideas to
extend learning.
“View and Do” Pages
Besides The Get Healthy Now Show, the kit’s DVD features a variety of Sesame Street
video segments about healthy habits. These short segments are an exciting, interactive way
to involve children.
‹ The “View and Do” pages involve showing children a certain segment on
the DVD (use the DVD menu to select the title you need) and then doing a fun
activity that explores its key messages.
The Family Newsletter
The newsletter is an appealing resource to share with families. You can use it to stay in touch
with families and fill them in on everything children are experiencing in your program.
‹ Each newsletter highlights specific information children are learning and
offers ideas for how to extend this learning at home.
‹ Copy the newsletter and the page that follows and send them home with your
children to help everyone stay healthy and strong together!
Did You Know?
The Did You Know? facts are interesting bits of information to keep in mind as you
help your children stay healthy each day. There’s also a Did You Know? fact in each Family
Newsletter to help families stay informed.
At the back of this binder
‹ In the last pages of the binder (98-100), you’ll find important references and lists.
Look here when you need a simple explanation of which foods are “sometime” or “anytime”
foods, or when you need a color-coded list of fruits and vegetables.
Section 1
::
Get Moving!
Get
moving!
This section
offers easy and fun
ideas and activities
to get moving:
Chapter 1: Moving & Playing
Children explore how their bodies
work and discover how it feels
to jump, dance, and play together.
Chapter 2: Go & Grow
Children find ways to move
every day. They explore the
health benefits of moving — and
how it affects their hearts,
lungs, bones, and muscles.
Chapter 3: What My Body Tells Me
Children learn to listen to
the signals their bodies send, so
they know what they need to
be happy and healthy.
Children just love to move. Physical activity
is good for children’s bodies and their minds.
Moving helps everyone feel good, and it supports
the healthy development of our entire bodies:
hearts, lungs, muscles, bones, and more.
All children need, and benefit from, at least 60 minutes of
physical activity every day. You can help your children reach this
goal by adding to the active play you already do as a part of
the daily routine. Add several 10- to 15-minute bursts of activity
to each day — it makes a difference! If you’re looking for specific
ideas, the Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit
has a bunch of fun and easy activities, so you can keep your
children active — even when it rains.
You set the stage — so have fun moving with your children!
You’ll all be building stronger bodies and boosting the energy
you’ll need for many happy, healthy days together.
Watching The Get Healthy Now Show ‹ On the DVD in this
kit, you’ll find a fun, furry story starring Elmo, Telly, Rosita, the Count —
and plenty of their fruit and veggie friends! Before you begin any of
the activities in this section, watch the DVD with children. Explain that
these friends are singing, dancing, and learning all about staying
healthy, and that they will soon be doing the same.
GET MOVING! :: CHAPTER 1 :: MOVING AND PLAYING
Chapter 1 Introduction
Moving and Playing
This chapter focuses on
finding new, fun ways
to move. These activities
In this chapter, you’ll find activities and strategies to integrate
“active time” into your day (and to help families do so at home).
You can model healthy behavior by moving along with the children.
help children see
that moving makes them
‹ Get moving with the Move Together! poem — jump, hop,
wiggle, and twist! (page 11)
healthy and happy.
* Did You Know?
During an average day at
child care, preschoolers might
not be getting enough physical
activity. One study found
they got only 20-25 minutes
of activity that got their little
hearts pumping. But you can
help by scheduling more
active time into every day.
‹ Add bursts of activity throughout the day with the
Movement Grab Bag. (page 12)
‹ Show children that even reading can be active, as everyone
moves along with Move Along! an interactive Sesame Street
story. (page 13)
‹ Roll the Count’s Movement Cubes to combine physical
activity with early math skills. (page 14)
‹ Celebrate the joys of moving as everyone watches the
DVD segment Follow Me: Hips Dance. Don’t forget to make up
your own moves and grooves. (page 17)
‹ Send home the Family Newsletter, which updates families
on everything children have been learning and doing to
keep themselves healthy and offers tips and activities for
extending the learning at home. (pages 18-19)
Most of all... have fun with your children!
Group Poem
Move Together!
Look at me! Look at you!
Look what our bodies can do.
Dance! Dance!
Run! Run!
Moving our bodies is so much fun!
We can jump. Jump!
We can hop. Hop!
We can wiggle. Wiggle!
We can stop. Stop!
We can twist. Twist!
We can tap. Tap!
We can stomp. Stomp!
We can clap. Clap!
And we can sit...sit (whisper slowly)
And we can rest...rest
So that we can be our very best.
We whisper. We breathe.
We smile and then,
We start to move all over again!
Say it, do it! ‹ Copy this poem,
post it, and use it over and over again.
Read the poem together in an area
where everyone has space to move.
When you come to an “action
word,” encourage children
to demonstrate it. To really get
moving, repeat several times.
Use a louder voice for action words,
like “jump.” Whisper the “calm”
words like “sit” so that children
experience the difference between
moving actively and calming down.
Ask children to add their own moves.
,”
Every time you come to “We can
point to a child and ask her to make
up a move for other children to
copy. Record your new poem on a
large sheet of paper.
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Activity
Movement Grab Bag
Pretending to be animals
helps children discover
new and energetic ways to
move their bodies.
* Try This!
Use the animal cards to help
children go from one activity to
the next. Ask children to move
like sleepy turtles when they are
moving too quickly. If you need
children to move faster, ask
them to be “busy bees” so they
can fly quickly to their coats
before going outside.
Children will:
‹ Get physically active, even during transition times
‹ Become more aware of their bodies and how they move
Materials:
‹ Index cards or small pieces of paper
‹ Crayons
‹ Glue
‹ Old magazines
‹ Paper bag
Ask children:
How do animals move? Which animals move fast?
Which move slowly? Which animal is your favorite, and
how does it move?
Activity:
1. Cut animal pictures from magazines and glue to index cards,
or have children draw their own animal on an
index card. Put all cards in a paper bag;
now you have a Movement Grab Bag.
2. At different times during the day
(perhaps when children are on
the way to the dramatic play area
or another center), ask a child to
choose an animal card from the bag.
3. Call out the animal so that children
can move like this animal. Help children
to name the body parts they move.
Activity
Move Along!
When children act out
stories, circle time can
be filled with wonderful,
healthy movement.
* Try This!
Bring other storybooks to life
by acting out the movement words.
In “The Gingerbread Man,” for
instance, you can act out “run,
run as fast as you can.”
Children will:
‹ Act out stories
‹ Build listening comprehension
Activity:
1. At circle time or story time, explain that you are going to
read a story that children can tell with their bodies as they move
in many different ways.
2. As you read the story below, pause at the capitalized action
words so the children can move like Elmo, Zoe, and Big Bird.
On the Move to Hooper’s Store
Elmo, Zoe, and Big Bird are delivering Gina’s grocery list to Hooper’s
Store, and they need your help! As they are WALKING, Elmo sees
a giant puddle in front of them. What should they do? Elmo thinks
they should RUN through the puddle as quickly as possible, but
they could get very wet! Zoe thinks they should LEAP over the
puddle. Big Bird wonders if he could just take one giant STEP over
the puddle with his long legs. What do you think they should do?
(Ask for children’s ideas.)
Good thinking! They are almost at Hooper’s Store when a sudden
gust of wind carries the list up into the air. It gets stuck in
a tree! Zoe thinks she could JUMP high enough to reach the list.
Elmo imagines that he could CLIMB to get to it. Big Bird thinks
he could STRETCH and REACH his arm up to get to the list.
What do you think they should do? (Ask for responses.)
Now they are in a humongous hurry. They all decide
they need to ZOOM as fast as they can right to Hooper’s Store!
How do you ZOOM? Great work!
Activity
The Count Counts Moves
Count every hop, skip,
and jump with
The Count. There are so
many ways to move.
* Try This!
Ask one child to roll the
movement cube once to see
what the first move will
be. Then have a second child
roll the same cube. See if
children can do the first
move, then the second, then
the first again, switching
back and forth until you
say, “Freeze!” You can also
play this game outdoors.
Children will:
‹ Try different movements and label them
‹ Practice counting
Materials:
‹ Movement cube cutouts (see pages 15 and 16)
‹ Scissors
‹ Heavy construction paper
‹ Glue
Activity:
1. Copy pages 15 and 16, and glue each to a piece of construction
paper. Cut out the cube outlines. Fold the cutout on all the
black lines and glue or tape the tabs to form a cube.
2. Gather children in an open space. Have one child roll the
movement cube. The movement it lands on is the movement
everyone will do.
3. Choose someone to be The Count. This child will roll the
number cube to figure out how many times everyone will do the
movement. The Count should ask everyone to count along!
4. Repeat so that everyone has a turn to roll either the
movement cube or the number cube.
Handout: Movement Cube (see page 14)
wiggle
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dance
skip
run
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stretch
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jump
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Handout: Number Cube (see page 14)
1
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View and Do
View and Do:
Follow Me: Hips Dance
Watch Follow Me: Hips
Dance! Get up and move
with the girl on the screen
who asks us to move and
Children will:
‹ Imitate movements
‹ Move in playful ways
‹ Create and repeat various rhythms
SEGMENT #1
shake our hips. Then play the
“Follow My Beat” game to
help children think about
different body parts.
Viewing:
Ask children to pay close attention to what they see and
hear in Follow Me: Hips Dance on the DVD (segment #1 ).
Encourage them to move to the music as they watch.
Afterward, ask how moving made them feel.
Materials:
‹ Any classroom rhythm instruments such as rhythm
sticks, tambourines, or shaking instruments
Doing:
1. Begin the “Follow My Beat” game by introducing a simple beat
such as, “Clap, clap, clap, hands! (Everyone holds out their
hands.) Clap, clap, clap, hands!” Ask children to play along.
2. Introduce a few more beats using other body parts (such as
“stomp, stomp, feet, stomp, stomp, feet”) and mix in the musical
instruments. Tap rhythm sticks against your feet and then against
the floor. Use tambourines against your shoulders! Ask children
to name the body parts they use to make their beats.
3. Children can take turns introducing new beats for the class to try.
4. Let children dance and move as they improvise with their
instruments.
Family Newsletter
Hello, families!
In our program, we love to get moving.
In the program,
*
children have been:
Moving their bodies in different
ways, grooving to new
songs and acting out stories.
*
You and your
child are partners:
Being active is something
children are usually very good at,
but sometimes they need a
little encouragement from all of
the adults who love them.
* Did You Know?
Your preschooler might not be
getting as much physical
activity as you think. One study
shows that on an average day
they get only 20-25 minutes
of the kind of activity
that gets their little hearts
pumping! But you can help!
Encourage more play and keep
moving — so it all adds up to at
least 60 minutes a day.
We’re exploring all of the ways that moving is fun
and healthy, and we found out that it makes us happy, too.
You can help at home!
Try these creative moves to liven up your time at home.
‹ Animal Moves As your child is picking up his toys, call
out the name of a fast-moving creature, like a bee, and move like
that creature as you work together. As you are getting ready
for bed, you might move like an elephant or a turtle to help your
child calm down. (We’ve been doing this in school. Ask your
child about it.)
Story time can be an active time, too!
‹ Action Tales In our group, we’ve been moving along to the
actions of stories. The next time you’re sharing your child’s favorite
book, move along! For instance, if someone in the story is running,
you and your child can run in place. If children in the book are
dancing, dance along. You can also make up your own action stories
together. Go on an adventure as you jump over a puddle, crawl
under a bush, and spin around on a windy beach.
Family Handout
Move to Me Maze
You and your child can help Big Bird get to his friend Snuffy.
Have your child follow the path with his finger. Each time he comes to Big Bird, you can both do the move
that Big Bird is doing. Then keep on going. (You can also use a game marker, such as a piece of paper
or a small block, so children don’t lose their places.) Once you get to Snuffy, it’s time to
celebrate! Use the moves in any order to make up your own Funny Family Dance.
START
balance
fly
skip
jump
run
STOP
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GET MOVING! :: CHAPTER 2 :: GO AND GROW
Go and Grow
This chapter offers ways
to teach children how being
physically active affects their
bodies. Help children see
how moving quickly gets
their hearts pumping —
and all that pumping makes
their hearts stronger.
* Did You Know?
When children play, they’re
practicing important skills,
such as running, throwing, and
kicking. Once they master
those, they can move on to
more difficult skills, like
hopping on one foot.
Mix it up with a variety of activities, such as nature hikes and
stretching, to keep children’s bodies growing healthy, flexible, and
strong. Most of all, encourage children to move in different ways
and play a lot every day. Moving for at least 60 minutes each day
is the goal. To keep children moving, build on the active time that’s
already in their routine. If you’d like to add shorter bursts
of activity, aim for at least 10-15 minutes. It can really add up.
Children love to be in charge — and they can be when you present
them with healthy options (Apple or banana? Hokey Pokey or
jump rope?). In this chapter, you’ll find ideas for staying physically
active each day — even when it’s pouring rain outside.
‹ Learn how dancing up a storm quickens breathing and
heart rates in The Heart Dance. (page 21)
‹ Dance to Hokey Pokey Muscles and Bones and learn
what’s inside the body. (page 22)
‹ Learn how to keep moving even when it rains with
Raindrops Can’t Make the Action Stop! (page 23)
‹ Watch Get Up and Move! to send the message that it’s good
to be physically active a lot every day. (page 25)
‹ Play Telly’s Triangle Tag to stay active AND learn about
shapes. (page 26)
‹ Send home the Family Newsletter to share how much
you’ve been moving and grooving at school — and to let families
know how they can keep the fun going at home. (page 27)
Group Poem
The Heart Dance
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle.
Dance, dance, dance.
(Now dance really fast!)
Prance, prance, prance.
Hop, hop, hop.
Stop, stop, stop!
Feel your lungs
breathe in and out,
As you laugh and sing
and dance about!
Now here comes the resting part,
Stop right there and
feel your heart.
Is it beating fast?
How do you know?
When you’re ready to move
say, “Go! Go! Go!”
Say it, do it! ‹ Sing and dance!
As children dance together, they will
learn that moving their bodies makes
their hearts and lungs work harder, and
this keeps them strong and healthy.
• Lead children in the actions listed
in the song.
• Help them notice their quicker
breathing and heart rates and guide
them to understand that movement
causes a change in heartbeat.
• To work on rhyming skills, shout
out the rhyming word at the end of
each line (out/about, part/heart,
and so on).
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Activity
Hokey Pokey Muscles and Bones
Children dance as they
sing this variation on
“The Hokey Pokey,” which
can help them think about
what’s inside their bodies:
bones and muscles.
* Try This!
Have children make up their
own words to the song.
Try singing a verse about the
heart! How would that go?
Children will:
‹ Feel some of the muscles and bones in their bodies
‹ Label body parts as they move
Ask children:
‹ Where are your bones? What do they feel like?
Please show me your knee bone. Can you feel the
small bones in your wrists and fingers?
‹ Now, please show me the muscles in your arms. Where are
your leg muscles? (Encourage children to show how strong they
are by flexing and relaxing their muscles.) Your tongue is
a muscle, too! Did you know that your heart is also a muscle?
You can’t feel it the way you feel arm muscles, but you
can feel it beating.
‹ Did you know that you need your muscles to move your bones?
Activity:
Form a circle and face one another with room to move.
Sing and act out the song below.
You put your hand bones in.
You take your hand bones out!
You put your hand bones in,
And you move them all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey and
You turn yourself around!
Bones are what it’s all about!
You put your leg muscles in,
You take your leg muscles out!
You put your leg muscles in,
You do the Hokey Pokey and,
You turn yourself around!
Muscles move us all about!
You put your knee bones in.
You take your knee bones out!
You put your knee bones in,
(repeat chorus)
You put your stomach muscles in,
You take your stomach muscles out!
You put your stomach muscles in,
And you move them all about!
(repeat chorus)
You put your toe bones in.
You take your toe bones out!
You put your toe bones in,
(repeat chorus)
You put your shoulder muscles in,
You take your shoulder muscles out!
You put your shoulder muscles in,
(repeat chorus)
Activity
Raindrops Can’t Make
the Action Stop!
It’s a rainy day?
That’s okay! Children can
find plenty of indoor ways
to get the heart pumping
and lungs working.
Children will:
‹ Recognize they can be active even if they can’t go outside
‹ Discover many fun ways to be active indoors
Materials:
‹ Copies of raindrops on page 24
(one per child and a few extra for you)
‹ Pencil or marker
‹ Bucket (or any plastic container)
Activity:
1. In advance, write each rainy day idea listed below on
the back of a raindrop. Children can each color a raindrop.
Gather ideas from children, as well.
2. When it rains and you are not able to go outside, help
children learn that a little rain doesn’t mean they can’t play
and move. Ask children to take turns picking a raindrop
from the bucket.
3. Read the activity aloud to the children so everyone can move.
Rainy Day Activity Suggestions (to write on the raindrops):
• Jump (using both feet) up
and down in place with your
arms above your head!
Now jump faster with your
arms out to the side. Stop!
• Start a parade! Form a
line and march around the
classroom with your strong
marching legs. Take turns
being the parade leader
and introduce new marching
moves.
• Turn on some fun music
and do a happy dance to chase
the rain away!
• It’s time to stretch! Do some
simple stretches or try some
yoga together. Try standing like
a tree, then bend forward to
touch your toes. Now place your
hands and feet apart on the
floor to make an upside down V
(this pose is called Downward
Dog). Try other yoga animals like
cat, frog, or snake, or make up
your own!
• BE the weather! Move like
the rain, swirl like the wind,
stomp like thunder.
Handout: Raindrops (see page 23)
rainy day activity
rainy day activity
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View and Do
View and Do:
Get Up and Move!
Watch Get Up and Move
and create an Activity
Spinner for the classroom.
Use the spinner when
SEGMENT #2
Children will:
‹ Talk about the ways they like to move
‹ Learn that physical activity makes our bodies healthy and strong
‹ Use colors to group activities
you need a burst of activity,
so you can all make
sure to move as much as
possible each day.
* Try This!
Help children remember the
sequence of their activities based
on color category. (“First, we did
a red activity, then blue, then
orange,” and so on.)
Materials:
‹ Large paper plate (Use colored markers to divide the plate into
four equal triangular sections in four different colors —
red, orange, green, and blue. Label the sections Red: Get Strong!,
Orange: Move a Lot!, Green: Raise Your Heart Rate!, and
Blue: Streeeeetch! Make a dime-size hole in the center of the
plate.)
Viewing:
Watch Get Up and Move! on the DVD (segment #2).
Doing:
1. Ask one child to place his index finger (or crayon) through
the hole in the plate, fingertip against the wall or table. This child
can spin the plate while a friend marks a spot on the wall or
table with his finger.
2. When the spinner stops spinning, see which color is next to
his finger. You choose an activity from the list and call it out so
children know what to do!
Movement Ideas
Green: Raise Your Heart Rate!
Red: Get Strong!
Tag • Jumping jacks • Outdoor play •
Dancing • Soccer
Arms: push-ups (with knees
touching ground) • Crab walk •
Legs: Knee bends • Walking
on tiptoes
Abdomen: Row, Row,
Row Your Boat
Orange: Move a Lot!
Blue: Streeeeetch!
Shoulders: roll shoulders front and back
Arms: clasp hands and reach front,
back, and overhead
Hands and wrists: close hand in fist,
open hand, and spread fingers
Nature hike • Cleanup (chores) •
Legs: touch toes • Feet: point and flex
Parade • Follow the Leader •
Back: sit and twist • Cat stretch
Simon Says
Activity
Telly’s Triangle Tag
Did you know that Telly
Monster loves triangles?
This Sesame Street spin
on the classic game of
Freeze Tag will help children
learn about triangles as
they play together.
* Try This!
During circle time, invite
children to make shapes with
their bodies:
Square or diamond:
By sitting with legs spread
into a V shape and touching
feet with another child.
Circle: By curving arms
into a circle overhead.
What other ways can
children make shapes with
their bodies?
Children will:
‹ Engage in vigorous movement
‹ Learn that triangles have three sides
Activity:
1. Gather outside or in a large play space. Ask children to name
their favorite shapes and discuss how many sides common
shapes have. Remind them that the triangle is Telly Monster’s
favorite shape. Explain to children that Telly’s Triangle Tag
is just like Freeze Tag where one child will be “It” and he or she
will tag other children to freeze them.
2. Children can take turns being “It,” and
you can play, too! Start off by being
“It,” and as you tag children, say
“Freeze!” Once children are frozen,
they stay in their place with their
hands touching at the wrists,
forming a V.
3. Any child can unfreeze their
“frozen” friends at any
time by making the V
into a triangle by putting
their hands across it
to make the third side of
the triangle.
Family Newsletter
Hello, families!
In our program, we are moving to keep
our bodies strong and healthy!
In the program,
*
children have been:
Learning about different
body parts, exploring their
heartbeat, and breathing and
discovering ways to stay
active — even on rainy days.
As they move and explore,
children are also learning
about shapes, colors,
sequencing, and rhyming.
*
Did You Know?
When children play,
they're practicing important
skills, such as running,
throwing, and kicking.
Once they master those,
they can move onto more
difficult skills, like hopping on
one foot. Lots of play time
means lots of time to
practice. Before you know it,
your child will be saying,
“Look at what I can do!”
Children are learning that
something they already love to do
is also very good for them.
You can help at home! Pediatricians and
health experts agree that children need at least
60 minutes of physical activity every day. (Preschoolers will
not usually understand time in this way. They just need to focus
on moving and playing as much as possible every day.)
Be active right from the start.
‹ J Is for... Make jumping jacks part of your morning
routine. At some point before leaving the house, say, “J is for
jumping jacks!” and count along as your child does 10 jumping
jacks. Do the same for other letters of the alphabet.
Stairs can be a healthy way to travel!
‹ Up, Up, and Away Forget about the elevator or escalator —
take the stairs. Walk when you can, or hold hands and move really
fast with your child as you “run” your errands.
Family Handout
Activity Chart
Cut out the Activity Chart
below and put it on
your refrigerator at a level
your child can reach.
At different points each day when you and your child need to
move, you can play “Magnet Mystery Move!” together. Take turns
closing your eyes and placing a magnet on the chart. (If you
don’t have a magnet, just use your finger.) Which section did you
choose? Pick a movement activity from this list and move
together. Now close your eyes and choose again.
Stomp!
Cycle your legs!
Jump!
Dance! Swim!
Run!
March!
Hop!
Wiggle!
Walk! Zoom!
Twist!
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Do jumping jacks!
Hula! Skate!
Stretch!
GET MOVING! :: CHAPTER 3 :: WHAT MY BODY TELLS ME
What My Body Tells Me
Children have been learning
that it feels wonderful to
move and that moving is also
very important in keeping
the body healthy and strong.
In simple ways, children can begin to understand the idea of
balancing the right amount of healthy food with the right amount
of physical activity:
‹ Help children tune in to how their bodies are feeling with
the Listen to Your Body poem. (page 30)
Now children can focus on
listening to what their bodies
‹ Show children how good it feels to stretch their muscles in
Sesame Super Stretch Game. (pages 31-32)
tell them. They can learn
to think about their bodies
as machines that need
energy to run well, just as
‹ Encourage children to think about when to move, when
to rest, when to let their energy out, and when they
need to eat healthy foods and keep moving so they can
think and play, with the activities Energy Dance and the
Feel Good Mask. (pages 33-35)
a car needs gas.
*
Did You Know?
Many young children don’t
get enough sleep — and without
enough sleep, children aren’t
at their best. Create a peaceful
environment for naps, and
provide a good balance of
activity and rest.
‹ Watch the DVD segment Super Wendy and then create
an Energy City where children can pretend to refuel their own
super bodies. (page 36)
‹ Send home the Family Newsletter to help
families create a healthy home for their
children. This newsletter offers ideas
for a balanced lifestyle and tips
for healthy eating habits, as adults
support children’s energy needs
at home. (pages 37-38)
Group Poem
Listen to Your Body
Listen to your body, (whisper)
Listen to your body, (louder)
Listen to your body, (really loud!)
As you jump, jump, jump!
Listen to your heart, (whisper)
Listen to your heart, (louder)
Listen to your heart, (really loud!)
And hear it pump, pump, pump!
Listen to your stomach, (whisper)
Listen to your stomach, (louder)
Listen to your stomach, (really loud!)
Does it say, “I’m hungry”
or “I’m full”?
Listen to your body, (whisper)
Listen to your body, (louder)
Listen to your body, (really loud!)
What is it telling you?
Say it, do it! ‹ After reading
the poem with children, ask them to
listen to their own bodies.
How are they feeling? (They may be
breathing harder, feeling warmer, or
noticing a faster heartbeat.) Why might
they be feeling this way?
Tired? What should they do?
Energetic? What can they do to use
their energy?
Hungry? Thirsty? What can they do?
Do this activity at various times
of the day: first thing in the morning,
before lunch, after outside play,
and so on. Pay attention to the way
time of day affects how kids feel.
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Activity
Sesame Super Stretch
Stretching keeps us
flexible, which means we're
able to move and bend our
bodies easily — without
Children will:
‹ Stretch their bodies in a variety of ways
‹ Learn that stretching helps “wake their bodies up”
‹ Mirror movements they see in pictures
tightness or pain. Most kids
are pretty flexible, but they
still can enjoy the best part
of stretching: It feels great!
* Try This!
After sitting still in circle
time, this is a great way to get
children up and moving.
Materials:
‹ Sesame Super Stretch Chart (copy page 32)
‹ Small block
Ask children:
Can you pretend you are waking up in the morning? How does
your body feel? Now pretend you are sitting in the car for a long
time. How do you feel? How does your body feel right now?
Activity:
1. Do some warm-up exercises (run or jump in place).
2. Introduce different stretching moves:
Stretch UP! (reach up to the ceiling)
Stretch DOWN! (reach down to your toes)
Stretch all AROUND! (hold your arms out to the sides
and move them around slowly in BIG circles)
3. Have children take turns tossing the block onto the
Stretch Chart to see which stretch it lands on.
All children then stretch the way their Sesame Street friend
is stretching on the chart.
4. Ask, “What does it feel like after you stretch your
muscles? Check your body — are there any spots you want
to stretch more so you can move more easily?”
Handout: Sesame Super Stretch Chart (see page 31)
Bend!
Wiggle!
Reach!
Touch
your toes!
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Activity
Energy Dance
Children can begin
to understand how food
gives them energy
and that they use that
energy for physical
activity. Help children
understand that, like a car,
we need fuel to go.
Children will:
‹ Learn that food gives
us energy
‹ Dance to music
‹ Engage in pretend play
Materials:
‹ Food cards (copy page 34 and cut along lines)
‹ Scissors
‹ Music (any CDs or tapes you listen to in your program)
Ask children:
What is energy? What does energy help you do? What do we
put in a car? (Explain that gas keeps a car moving and food
keeps us going because it gives us energy. We need to eat healthy
foods to have the energy to move and play each day.)
Activity:
1. Gather children in an open space, and give each child some
food cards.
2. Turn on music and dance! Turn the volume down gradually,
and tell children to slow their movements to match the music.
They are pretending to run out of energy.
3. Turn the volume down even more as children slow their
dancing. When the volume is so low that children can’t hear
the music anymore, they have completely “run out of energy.”
They need to pretend to eat their healthy foods.
4. Now crank the music up again and DANCE with lots of energy.
Handout: Food Cards (see page 33)
Oranges
Eggs
Broccoli
Whole-grain
sandwich
Lowfat cheese
Tomatoes
Lowfat milk
Pineapple
Whole-grain
rice
Avocado
Carrots
Bananas
Lowfat yogurt
Fish
Apples
Peas
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Activity
Feel Good Mask
Children can explore
how they are feeling as they
use their energy masks and
think about why they might
Children will:
‹ Think about how their bodies are feeling
‹ Communicate their feelings to one another
‹ Explore ways to balance rest and activity
be feeling this way.
Materials:
‹ Large paper plates (one per child)
‹ Crayons or markers
Activity:
1. Help children make “feel good” masks to show how they are
feeling. On one side of the plate, children draw a face that looks
tired; on the other side, children draw an energetic, happy face.
As children color, discuss why someone might be feeling tired
or happy and energetic.
Feeling Good
Feeling Bad
•
•
•
•
• I didn’t eat breakfast
• I went to bed late
• I sat around all day and
did nothing
I
I
I
I
ate a healthy meal
got a good night’s sleep
played ball with my friends
ran with my friends
2. During circle time use the energy masks to role play.
Ask children to take turns putting their masks up to their
faces to show how they are feeling. Are they tired and
s-l-o-w, or are they feeling ENERGETIC? Why? What might help if
they are feeling tired? Maybe a healthy snack.
3. Send the masks home with children so they can help their
families understand how they are feeling.
View and Do
View and Do:
Super Wendy!
SEGMENT #3
Children watch Super Wendy
eat just the right amount
of healthy food for energy.
Children can explore how
they can have “super energy”
too, by eating healthy foods
and being physically active.
* Try This!
Choose a spot in the
classroom to be the “Saving
for Later” place where
children can store their
food blocks until they need
more energy later.
Children will:
‹ Explore ways healthy foods and drinks give us energy
‹ Practice listening to their bodies
Materials:
‹ Crayons
‹ Blocks
‹ Food cards (copy page 34)
‹ Tape
Viewing:
Watch Super Wendy on the DVD (segment #3) together.
Explain to children that when they are finished watching, they can
build their very own Energy City, a place where each child can
pretend to be a superhero like Super Wendy. (Point out that all
superheroes need healthy foods and sleep.)
Doing:
1. Choose a certain space for Energy City, like the block center.
Children can color the food cards and then tape them to blocks.
They can now use these blocks in their Energy City.
2. Encourage children to pretend to be superheroes! You can
call them by their superhero names (such as Super Marco!
or Super Rebecca!).
3. As they build their city, suggest that kids include a Resting Space
in the city where children can go to take a break if they are
feeling they need more energy; an Active Place where they can
run, climb, and fly; and a Healthy Food Stop where they can
pretend to eat the healthy food blocks they’ve made to boost
their energy. When children are pretending to eat, remind them
to stop when they feel full, just like Super Wendy.
Family Newsletter
Hello, families!
We’ve been busy listening to our bodies!
In the program,
*
children have been:
Listening to their bodies,
stretching and dancing as they
explore energy and the
importance of getting the
right balance of healthy foods,
physical activity, and rest.
* Did You Know?
Many young children don't
get enough sleep — and without
enough sleep, children are not
at their best. Preschoolers need
about 11-12 hours, including
nighttime and naps.
Your child is learning to listen to what
his body may be saying, like:
‹
‹
‹
‹
“I’m tired. I need to rest.”
“I’ve been sitting for a long time. I need to move my body!”
“I’m hungry. I need to eat a healthy snack, please!”
“I’m full. It’s time to stop eating.”
This allows us to balance our “energy in” (the food we eat and
the sleep we need) with our “energy out” (the energy we use
running, playing, working, and so on).
You can help at home! For children to move, think, and play
at school, they need energy when they get here. They can get this
energy from eating healthy foods, sleeping to restore their bodies,
drinking water, and staying active throughout the day.
‹ Healthy Eating Tip Preschool children need to have
regularly scheduled, healthy meals and snacks. Offer your child
the right fuel to keep him or her going between meals, such
as fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and lowfat dairy products.
By fueling their bodies this way, children don’t become too
hungry, which can lead to overeating. Limit sugar-sweetened
beverages and turn off the TV while eating.
Family Handout
Recipe for a Healthy Weekend
Put this list on your
Eat meals as a family
refrigerator, and refer
to it during the weekend
to be sure you’re on
Limit TV time
Eat fruits and vegetables
a healthy track.
Take a walk outside together
Read a book inside together
Get a good night’s sleep
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Healthy Habits Kit Part 1

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